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Narrowness

noun

The property of being narrow; having little width.

An inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior. Synonym: narrow-mindedness.

A restriction of range or scope. "The attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus" , "Frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons"

A small margin. Synonyms: narrow margin, slimness. "The landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"

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"Narrowness" Quotes from Famous Books

... things in rural progress that are the legitimate task of the church and for which the church should receive support. Church people will supply the large part of the funds for carrying on these activities through nonreligious agencies; and because of the narrowness of program the church will have chosen for itself many of the brightest and best minds, and consecrated hearts now found in our student groups in educational institutions will find their life's activities outside ...

— Church Cooperation in Community Life • Paul L. Vogt

... sovereign secret reserve, who in time of persecution stood fast "ready any day to be martyred for the faith and to regard it as the performance of a simple duty and nothing to boast of." And if there is in the type a certain narrowness of sympathy and lack of intelligent interest which offends us, we may ask whether, with our human limitations, narrowness is not to some extent the price we pay for strength; whether where decision of judgment and energy of action ...

— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell

... level, but the narrowness of the track and the precipitous height above and below called for a cool head and a steady foot. In frosty weather like the present it needed special caution, and every step had to be carefully judged on the treacherous path. ...

— A Dog with a Bad Name • Talbot Baines Reed

... children, just of the ordinary peasant type; not bright, of course—you would not expect that—but good-hearted and companionable, obedient to their parents and the priest; and as they grew up they became properly stocked with narrowness and prejudices got at second hand from their elders, and adopted without reserve; and without examination also—which goes without saying. Their religion was inherited, their politics the same. John Huss and his sort might find fault with the Church, in Domremy it disturbed nobody's faith; ...

— Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Volume 1 (of 2) • Mark Twain

... felt in all true emanations of the conscientious spirit of devotion. Fra Angelico had a special gift for expressing in his artistic creations is own spiritual life; the very qualities for which he stood, his virtues and his errors,—purity, unquestioning faith in the miraculous, narrowness of creed, and gentle and adoring humility,—all these elements are seen to completeness in his decorative pictures. Perhaps this is because he really lived up to his principles. One of his favourite sayings was "He who occupies himself with ...

— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison

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